diff --git a/accountsservice.spec b/accountsservice.spec
index c637645..c067c11 100644
--- a/accountsservice.spec
+++ b/accountsservice.spec
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  systemd-units
 BuildRequires:  systemd-devel
 BuildRequires:  gobject-introspection-devel
+BuildRequires:  automake, autoconf, libtool
 
 Requires:       polkit
 Requires:       shadow-utils
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ of these interfaces, based on the useradd, usermod and userdel commands.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .rip-out-extension-interface
 
 %build
+autoreconf -f -i
 %configure
 make %{?_smp_mflags}